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This Is Who We Were: In the 1960's
Diana Delgado - Grey House Pub; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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This is Who We Were: In the 1960s explores American life in the 1960s - a truly tumultuous and pivotal decade in our nation. Readers will uncover what life was like for ordinary Americans as they lived through a Social Revolution, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Vietnam War, all in the span... |
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Building a Better Teacher: How Teaching Works
Elizabeth Green - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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A 2014 New York Times Book Review Notable BookWe've all had great teachers who opened new worlds, maybe even changed our lives. What made them so great?Everyone agrees that a great teacher can have an enormous impact. Yet we still don't know what, precisely, makes a teacher great.... |
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The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary
Robert Alter - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A landmark event: the complete Hebrew Bible in the award-winning translation that delivers the stunning literary power of the original. A masterpiece of deep learning and fine sensibility, Robert Alter's translation of the Hebrew Bible, now complete, reanimates one of the formative... |
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NEC 2014: National Electrical Code 2014/ NFPA 70
National Electrical Code Committee - Natl Fire Protection Assn; 1 edition
Format: Book
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Many new and revised requirements in the 2014 NEC impact residential, commercial, and industrial electrical installations. The 2014 NFPA 70: NEC covers the latest requirements on electrical wiring and equipment installation issues, including minimum provisions for the use of connections,... |
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A Dad's Guide to Babycare
Colin Cooper - Carroll & Brown Ltd.; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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More men than ever want to be involved in taking care of their children. This specially created guide will help them participate safely and successfully in the care and development of their children, while allowing them to value the qualities that they naturally bring to babycare. A complete... |
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United States Government Manual
National Archives and Records Administration - National Archives & Records Administration
Format: Print book
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Known as the Official handbook of the Federal Government. This annual resource provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches, as well as quasi-official agencies, international organizations in which the United States participates,... |
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Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
JESSICA BRUDER - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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The end of retirement?From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon's CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social security comes up short,... |
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This Is Who We Were: In the 1910s Print Purchase Includes 5 Years Free Online Access
David Garoogian - Grey House Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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This is Who We Were: In the 1910s explores American life in the 1910s. This new series is sure to be of value as both a serious research tool for students of American history as well as an intriguing climb up America's family tree. The richly-illustrated text provides an interesting... |
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Ten Days To D-Day: Citizens and Soldiers on the Eve of the Invasion
David Stafford - Thorndike Press
Format: Hardcover
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It was the day that changed the course of a war. Meticulously planned, brilliantly executed, the landings of June 6, 1944 constitute the largest seaborne assault ever attempted. With the pace of a thriller, acclaimed historian David Stafford describes the countdown to the Normandy landings... |
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Pig Tales: An Omnivore's Quest for Sustainable Meat
Barry Estabrook - W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book
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An eye-opening investigation of the commercial pork industry and an inspiring alternative to the way pigs are raised and consumed in America.Barry Estabrook, author of the New York Times bestseller Tomatoland and a writer of "great skill and compassion" (Eric Schlosser) , now explores... |
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This Is Who We Were In the 1920's
Grey House Publishing - Grey House Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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This is Who We Were: In the 1920s explores American life in the 1920s. This new series is sure to be of value as both a serious research tool for students of American history as well as an intriguing climb up America's family tree. The richly-illustrated text provides an interesting... |
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The Kennan Diaries
George F Kennan - W.W. Norton & Company,
Format: Hardcover
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A landmark collection, spanning ninety years of U.S. history, of the never-before-published diaries of George F. Kennan, America's most famous diplomat. On a hot July afternoon in 1953, George F. Kennan descended the steps of the State Department building as a newly retired man. His career... |
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Brando's Smile: His Life, Thought, and Work
Susan L. Mizruchi - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking work that reveals how Marlon Brando shaped his legacy in art and life. When people think about Marlon Brando, they think of the movie star, the hunk, the scandals. In Brando's Smile, Susan L. Mizruchi reveals the Brando others have missed: the man who collected four... |
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Steel
Alison Prine - Cider Press Review
Format: Paperback
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Poetry. Winner of the 2014 Cider Press Review Book Award. Book award judge Jeffrey Harrison says of STEEL: "Two tragic events haunt this powerful first collection-the early loss of the poet's mother and her brother's death-the kind of events that 'change the alignment / of every... |
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The Miraculous Fever-Tree: Malaria and the Quest for a Cure That Changed the World
Fiammetta Rocco - Harper; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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"Cinchona revolutionized the art of medicine as profoundly as gunpowder had the art of war." -- Bernardino Ramazzini, Physician to the Duke of Modena, Opera omnia, medica, et physica, 1716In the summer of 1623, ten cardinals and hundreds of their attendants died in Rome while... |
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The China Challenge: Shaping the Choices of a Rising Power
Thomas J. Christensen - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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This compelling assessment of U.S.-China relations is essential reading for anyone interested in the future of the globalized world.Many see China as a rival superpower to the United States and imagine the country's rise to be a threat to U.S. leadership in Asia and beyond. Thomas J. Christensen... |
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This Is Who We Were: 1880-1899
Grey House Publishing - Grey House Pub; 1 Har/Psc edition
Format: Hardcover
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This new addition to the This is Who We Were series provides the reader with a deeper understanding of day-to-day life in America during the last two decades of the 19th century. Readers will uncover what life was like for ordinary Americans as they lived through an industrialized revolution,... |
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They Killed Our President: 63 Reasons to Believe There Was a Conspiracy to As
Jesse Ventura - Skyhorse Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past fifty years, you’re aware of the many hypotheses that the assassination of President John F. Kennedy was not done by one man. Whether you’ve read one or a dozen of the books on this topic, there’s no way to fully... |
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Digging for Richard III: The Search for the Lost King (Revised and Expanded)
Mike Pitts - Thames & Hudson
Format: Hardcover
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"As gripping as any detective fiction. Proof that one doesnt need to be fascinated with Richard III to be enthralled by the story of his bodys discovery." - Publishers WeeklyIn August 2012 a search began, and on February 4, 2013, a team from Leicester University delivered its verdict... |
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Lives in Ruins: Archaeologists and the Seductive Lure of Human Rubble
Marilyn Johnson - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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The author of The Dead Beat and This Book is Overdue! turns her piercing eye and charming wit to the real-life avatars of Indiana Jones - the archaeologists who sort through the muck and mire of swamps, ancient landfills, volcanic islands, and other dirty places to reclaim history for us all.Pompeii,... |
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